http://znouza.meinlschmidt.org/blog/ we reached the dizzy heights... en http://znouza.meinlschmidt.org/blog/061121-2345.html <p>Robert Altman, the caustic and irreverent satirist behind "M-A-S-H," "Nashville" and "The Player" who made a career out of bucking Hollywood, has died at 81.</p> <p>The director died Monday night at a Los Angeles Hospital, Joshua Astrachan, a producer at Altman's Sandcastle 5 Productions in New York City, told The Associated Press.</p> <p class="image"><img src="http://i.a.cnn.net/cnn/2006/SHOWBIZ/Movies/11/21/obit.altman.ap/story.altman.gi.jpg" alt=""><br/><a href="http://www.cnn.com/2006/SHOWBIZ/Movies/11/21/obit.altman.ap/index.html">read more</a></p>